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Dominican view of cousin/cousin relationships.
Since Ms and Mr AE have not heard of this it can obviously not exists 
. Joking aside. I would imagine that marriages between cousins are more common in other countries a bit more to the east.. My personal opinion is not in agreement with marriages between cousins. Let.s hope that the birth defects do not increase when this occurs.
. Joking aside. I would imagine that marriages between cousins are more common in other countries a bit more to the east.. My personal opinion is not in agreement with marriages between cousins. Let.s hope that the birth defects do not increase when this occurs.
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (The Killer) was run out of England for marrying his 13-year old cousin.
I guess the Brits didn't understand the backwoods of Louisiana in the 50s, plus he was never divorced from his 2nd wife at the time he married his 1st cousin. They had 2 children, one of whom died at 3.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1021569/Great-Balls-Scandal-How-Jerry-Lee-Lewis-marriage-13-year-old-wrecked-career.html
I guess the Brits didn't understand the backwoods of Louisiana in the 50s, plus he was never divorced from his 2nd wife at the time he married his 1st cousin. They had 2 children, one of whom died at 3.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1021569/Great-Balls-Scandal-How-Jerry-Lee-Lewis-marriage-13-year-old-wrecked-career.html
Since Ms and Mr AE have not heard of this it can obviously not exists
That has proven to be false.
It is very difficult to take your original posting as a serious inquiry, being that you are a member of this forum since January of 2002, and later make a declaration of being Dominican yourself. Even if this was a topic you were truly interested in researching and wanting to pursue further, would you not be better served speaking with your own family members, rather than a web forum primarily dedicated towards expatriates and tourists?
Can't speak for this poster but some of our Dominican members have lived outside the DR for many years or where born elsewhere. Why can't he ask tourists and expats and other Dominican members this question?
I am half Dominican and half Argentinian. Not one person within either side of the respective families were married to cousins, so I do not know of which country you speak of sir. Then again, with experience in life, all is possible depending upon the social upbringings one may have had in life, and this is a universal concept. Having a cousin here in the RD within politics is not exactly a badge of consequence within our circles. Everybody has or had a politico in the family at one time or another, even if it was only a cousin, two or three times removed.
Can't speak for this poster but some of our Dominican members have lived outside the DR for many years or where born elsewhere. Why can't he ask tourists and expats and other Dominican members this question?
I am not sure from which nation you derive from, but do you seek information regarding your respective culture from tourists and expatriates? Would you not be better served quizzing family members or compatriots?
I am not quite backwoods...but way back in my family history I am sure there was a hankie pankie going on between cousins.
No TV, Telephones, social net work, or even radios.
Families grew up in the same areas, not much migrations back then.
Fornication (as we were trained against by the well meaning Preacher) was a sin... and so was ''kissing Cousins''.
In todays society I would be more concerned about blood types than a Cousin relationship.
And STD's !
Anyway, what the hell does an old gaffer like me know anyway?
Did we get off thread on this one?
Russell
No TV, Telephones, social net work, or even radios.
Families grew up in the same areas, not much migrations back then.
Fornication (as we were trained against by the well meaning Preacher) was a sin... and so was ''kissing Cousins''.
In todays society I would be more concerned about blood types than a Cousin relationship.
And STD's !
Anyway, what the hell does an old gaffer like me know anyway?
Did we get off thread on this one?
Russell
exactly.
After first Wife died I was introduced to woman from Alberta.... 3000miles away.
I am quite shy, so it took a few visits before I began to inquire...""Why are you in Nova Scotia.... '' ... Well I was born here...
Where..... she told me of a small coastal community probably only six families ... ah! says eye ... Do you know so-and-so ?
Know her, she is my Aunt! Hummmmm Mine too! ..... We parted company ...... pis*ed off the Match Maker!
I guess I listened to the Preacher far too much.
Cousin was good looking and wealthy.... costly principle.
Russell
My first cousin Patty lived with my family for a year when I was 17 and she was 16. My mum told be about 10 years later that Patty had a big crush on me. Wish I knew then because being of low moral character I would have helped her out.
Since such a simple task as declaring child births was bothched ( loads and loads of stories on that ), and that is just 30 years ago.
Add to that a nice fat % of children who have no effin idea who their father was,
Plus kids of a father who collected dozens of wifes and twice as many children over his life span,
You can all to easily see why it happens, not to say that its common, but it is more or less accepted.
Now, I come from a catholic family ( if i see what i mean ) on my mother's side, so i have a bunch of cousins.
But here !!!!
Whole campos are related, I kid you not.
Where I live they are ALL Pichardos...... every single one of them, minus our lot down the road.
So even if some woman-folk are brought in to the family ( or men-folk mind you ), its the exception rather than the norm.
And it doesnt stop them from poking each other....... and no1 seems to mind. And they are all hermanos/as de dios....lol
Add to that a nice fat % of children who have no effin idea who their father was,
Plus kids of a father who collected dozens of wifes and twice as many children over his life span,
You can all to easily see why it happens, not to say that its common, but it is more or less accepted.
Now, I come from a catholic family ( if i see what i mean ) on my mother's side, so i have a bunch of cousins.
But here !!!!
Whole campos are related, I kid you not.
Where I live they are ALL Pichardos...... every single one of them, minus our lot down the road.
So even if some woman-folk are brought in to the family ( or men-folk mind you ), its the exception rather than the norm.
And it doesnt stop them from poking each other....... and no1 seems to mind. And they are all hermanos/as de dios....lol
Wait half-Domincan Argentinian...it gets better...
I dated a girl in High school (her mother and i worked at Anticoli's Italian restaurant in Dayton, Ohio from 1981-83). One night after going to the "Triumph" concert (Hara Arena, circa 1982), her and i were making out after drinking a bottle of TJ Swan Night Moves, wine. After making out and getting to know each other's saliva taste, we sat around half naked and spoke about our respective families. It was the usual stuff...you know, what its like to grow up half Dominican in both Ohio and Bonao, shop-lifting with my mom for a living, stealing motorcycles, and, oh yeah...getting a full ride to college. Not me, her.
We started sharing secrets. I went first.
I told her all about getting kicked out of school after getting caught urinating out of biology class (we went to the same Catholic high school for one year), about shoplifting full-time for a living, and, oh yeah...about making out with my cousin, Jenny, in Bonao, in 1978.
...And then it was her turn to tell me a secret.
Are ready?
Her father, Dan,--the man i heard a little about, from time to time, from her mother whom i worked with at Anticoli's--was her uncle.
"Wait. What!?" i asked.
"Yep. my father is my uncle...he's my mother's brother."
"Blood brother?"
"Yes."
"Dan is your uncle!?"
"Yep!"
Needless to say, for someone that thought I heard it all, it gave me momentary pause. And then reflection. And then we started laughing...and drank more TJ Swan wine. She was so well-adjusted, so fascinating...and so smart. Like exceptionally smart.
She went onto college on a full-ride scholarship and I lost touch with her. She went to school out of state. I stayed in state. Needless to say, she was one of the smartest kids in class, well adjusted, and wasn't ashamed about her parent's unfortunate situation either. Anyone who she felt comfortable around, she simply stated the facts about her parents.
I loved that about her. I love honesty. Needless to say, she was one confident, smart cookie.
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third cousin is a shared Great great grandparent, presumably two as a married couple. a third cousin is less than 1% shared dna.
Statistically, first cousin marriage and birth after age 35 have the same risk of something going wrong. With genetic counseling there is no biological reason for cousins to avoid procreating.
Phiilip and Elizabeth are third cousins.
Wow, social upbringing? Pretty classist reply. I guess the lighter the skin the better one is. Someone protests to much. Skeletons in the closet or just cousins....
I am sure most on this forum would not knowingly marry a cousin, but I bet many of us have 'messing around" stories with cousins. My cousin and I used to like to show and touch each other's 'parts'.
Of course had we married she wouldn't have had to change her last name - so there's that advantage.
Of course had we married she wouldn't have had to change her last name - so there's that advantage.